Harvey Cashore, Eva Uguen-Csenge, and Mark Kelley report: Kelowna nurse Ashley Stone sits down at her kitchen table, opens a bulky blue folder containing a paper trail of 10 years of multiple frauds committed in her name by imposters and gets right to the point. “It’s just been a nightmare.” She says she’s had to…
Category: ID Theft
The Identity Theft Resource Center Remains Open to Victims Amid Government Shutdown
The ITRC provides free assistance for victims of identity theft, fraud or scams Oct. 1, 2025 — The Identity Theft Resource Center® (ITRC), a nationally recognized nonprofit organization established to support victims of identity crime, is available to assist victims during the Federal Government shutdown. The ITRC, a trusted nonprofit partner of the Federal Trade Commission and the Internal…
Kosovo National Pleads Guilty To Operating An Online Criminal Marketplace
There’s an update on a previously reported case: Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Liridon Masurica (33, Gjilan, Kosovo), also known as “@blackdb,” has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit access device fraud. Masurica faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been…
Fake ID website busted; Dutch police deal a blow to criminal infrastructure
The following is a machine translation of a press release at politie.nl: On August 27, the Rotterdam Police Cybercrime Team seized data from the VerifTools website’s servers during a seizure at a data center in Amsterdam. The operation was carried out in collaboration with the FBI, which simultaneously took the platform offline. VerifTools is considered…
Two Defendants Plead Guilty To Fraud Scheme Involving Data Stolen From Hospital Patients
The following is part of a press release related to a case previously reported on DataBreaches.net in 2020. On August 7, 2025, WILKINS ESTRELLA and CHARLENE MARTE pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Gregory H. Woods in New York to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud in connection with using social security numbers…
39-year-old Nigerian extradited to US from France over alleged hacking
Vanguard reports: A Nigerian man has been extradited to the United States from France to face charges of computer hacking, fraud and identity theft, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu, 39, and Nigeria-based co-conspirators allegedly hacked US-tax preparation businesses, stole customers’ identifying information and filed fraudulent tax returns. They obtained at least $2.5…